Object Description
A magnificent George III, Old Sheffield silver plate and glass centrepiece of oval form, standing on four paw feet. It has one large cut glass bowl and four smaller ones. The main receiver has a band of pierced decoration of grapes and vines.
Each paw foot is ornamented to the upper portion with chased leaf decoration.
The centrepiece has four removable arms which support the smaller cut glass bowls.
Dimensions: height to top of glass dish 33 cm, to top of stand 26.6 cm, span 61 cm
Provenance: Scawby Hall, Lincolnshire.
An early 17th century manor, home to the Nelthorpe family since 1605. Scawby Hall is Grade I listed, and is set beside a three-acre walled garden.
The house is a good example of early Jacobean style, with a steeply pitched, gabled roof decorated with striking diamond-plan chimney clusters. Within this attractive house are displays of Regency and Georgian items.